VGS was one of the first organizations to receive accreditation by CARF International, the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. VGS recently received its 18th consecutive accreditation from CARF which extends to August 2020.

VGS is also registered as a Proprietary School in the State of Ohio (State Board Proprietary School Registration Certification # 79-10-0671T).

VGS received its Certification with Honors to the ISSA Cleaning Industry Management Standard Green Building Criteria in 2016.

Did You Know...

20% of working age Ohioans with disabilities currently hold full-time/full-year employment.

The Challenges Facing Ohioans:

The unemployment rate in Ohio for individuals with disabilities is nearly 41% higher than the unemployment rate for individuals without disabilities.

The Challenges Facing Ohioans:

31.4% of Ohioans with disabilities live in poverty.

The Challenges Facing Clevelanders:

In the City of Cleveland the below poverty rate for those without a disability is 26%, the percentage nearly doubles to 47% for those with a disability.

The Challenges Facing Clevelanders:

In Cleveland, 46,661 or 18.5% of the working-age adult population has a disability and only 23.6% of these individuals are employed, leaving 76.4% or 35,632 without employment.

The Challenges Facing Columbus:

The below-poverty rate for individuals without disabilities is 20%, whereas that percentage nearly doubles to 36% for those with a disability.

The Challenges Facing Columbus:

Also in Columbus, more than 79,000 of the working-age adult population has a disability and only around 38% of these individuals are employed, leaving 62% or 49,153 people out of work.

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Vocational Guidance Services is a highly acclaimed, successful, private, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) vocational rehabilitation agency with over 125 years of dedicated experience serving individuals with disabilities or other barriers to employment.